Design and performance of fiber-optic relay node for mobile communication systems

Author

Otsuka, Hiroyuki ; Masuda, Hiroji ; Nakajima, Akitoshi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Kogakuin Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

900

Lastpage

903

Abstract

This paper presents the design and performance of fiber-optic relay node in which the antenna facing to the serving eNB and another antenna facing to UE are geographically separated via optical fiber. The way of proper arrangement of the two antennas is described considering interference between the backhaul and access links as parameters of optical fiber length and radio frequency. Theoretical CNR performance in the optical link and DUR performance due to the interference are described. Based on these results, the design examples for fiber-optic relay node are pointed out for system requirements. This strategy will play a role in realizing relaying in future mobile communication systems such as LTE-advanced and beyond.

Keywords

antennas; mobile communication; optical fibres; optical links; radiofrequency interference; CNR performance; DUR performance; LTE-advanced; UE; access links; antenna; backhaul; eNB; fiber-optic relay node; mobile communication systems; optical fiber length; optical link; radiofrequency interference; system requirements; Antennas; Interference; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Antenna isolation; FP/DFB-LD; LTE-Advanced; Mobile communication; Optical intensity modulation; Relaying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459368